Resident groups
Find out about resident groups and how to start or join one, and find out about Housing Area Panel meetings.
What a resident group is
Residents come together to discuss common issues around housing and their neighbourhood. They help to create a sense of community.
Activities include:
- keeping in touch and sharing information with local residents
- sharing the views of your area, street or block to the council
- bidding for funding to help make your area a better place to live
- developing or improving communal spaces
- organising social events to help bring residents together
Get involved
Starting a local group on your street or in your block can help to provide a collective voice for residents to suggest changes or improvements to the council about the area or neighbourhood.
The Community Engagement Team supports resident groups with information and advice, problem solving, training, and signposting to council funding opportunities to help improve communities.
Contact your area based Community Engagement officer to find out if there is already a residents group in your neighbourhood that you could support, or for help to get one started.